Judges Blocks Law Restricting OTC Emergency Contraception

On Monday, a state court temporarily blocked an Oklahoma law that would require persons 17 years or younger to have a prescription to access emergency contraception and require proof of age before purchasing the medication.

"Oklahoma women may rest assured that they will not be denied access to this important means of preventing unintended pregnancy," said Brown in a statement after the ruling. "And perhaps this latest in a long and growing list of federal and state court decisions vindicating women's fundamental right to the full range of essential reproductive health care will at last put an end to the assaults of politicians bent on stripping away rights that all women must be guaranteed."